Button-fastener.



N.aa4,ao2. l PATENTED OCT. so, 1906. L.1 .HAZEN.

BUTTON FASTBNBR'.

.nrmoulo FILED 11,112.16. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI P. HAZEN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

Speeication of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

Application med March 16, 1905. serial No. 250.397.

in vholding buttons attached to garments;

and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this character of a simple and inexpensive construction and of a compact, strong, and durable nature which shall afford a simple and` effective means for securely holding the buttons in position upon `a garment, while being at the same time capable of ready operation either for the attachmentor removal of the buttons when desired.

The invention consists in certain novel features of the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts of the improved button-fastener whereby certain important advantages are lattained and the device is made simpler, cheaper, and otherwise better adapted andmore convenient for use, all as will be hereinafter fully set. forth.

The novel features of the invention will be l carefully den'edin the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a broken view showing a fra mentary portion of the inside of a garment aving a buttonfastener constructed according to my invention applied thereto for use. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken through the arment fragment in the plane indicated by Fine b b in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged face view, partly in section, and showing the improved buttonfastener. Fig. 4 is a pers ective view showing a modified form of t e button-fastener embodying my invention, together with a button held thereby. Fig. 5 is an edge view of the fastener shown in Fig. 4 and showing in dotted lines onek of the members of the fastener drawn sidewise to permit detachment of the button therefrom. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken transversely through the locking members of the fastener shown in Fig. 4, the plane of the section being indicated by the line a a in Fi 4. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary edge view of t e upper part of the fastener shown in Figs. 1 to 3 and illustrating the construction and arrangement of the engaging parts of the locking devices for holding the members in relation.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 3, the improved button -fastener is preferably constructed from an elon ated metal strip or wire of proper strengt and elasticity, and said wire will, by preference, be either half-round in cross-section or flattened at its end portions to permit those parts of the members of the `fastener which are designed for locking engagement to iit flush upon each other.

The metal wire or strip is bent to produce a central straight body portion 1, extended lengthwise along one side of the fastener and having at its ends the bights or bends 2 2, by means of which the interlockin members 3 and 4 of the fastener are integral y connected with said body portion, said members 3 and 4 being extended in a general directionparallel with the body portion 1, but se arated therefrom by a distance to permit t e eye or ring of the button to be engaged between said body portion and one or the other of the interlocking members, as will be hereinafter explained.

p The lower member 3, as the parts are shown on the drawings, is 0f greater length than the upper member 4, and said lower member has abrupt bends or angles '5 5 produced in it and directedtoward the body portion 1 and across the intervening space between member 4 and said body portion, forming a W-shape or scalloped bend, and the convex extremities of said sharp bends or pro'ections 5 5 being in substantial contact with the body portion. The bends of projections 5 5 are spaced apart from each other to produce between them a space or mousing 6, in which is adapted to be received the ring or eye of the button, (indicated at 7 on the drawings,) the elasticity of the metal of which the device is formed being sufficient to retain said ring or eye of the button inside said space or mousing 6 by the resistance offered by the projections 5 5 against movement of the ring or eye lengthwise of the bod portion past said projections.

The upper end of member 3 above the projections 5 5 is extended away from the body portion 1 and is in substantial alinement with the lower end of said member 3 below projections 5 5, and said upper end portion 8 of member 3 is adapted to be held securely between the forked end formed by the spaced lugs or projections 9 9, produced upon opposite sides of the lower extremity of the upper member 4 ofthe device, thesaid.l

lower extremity of the u per member being bent over toward the bo y portion 1, asseen in Figs. 1 and 3, to permit secure engagement..

being such as to securely holdthe members ofi the fastener from sidewise movement, whereby the ring or eye of the button is preventedv from being accidentally dislodged from the spaceior mousing 6, provided to receive it.

It will'be readily seen, however, that when i the engaging portions of members 3 and 4 are sprung away from each other to disengage pin-1 lffrom opening 10 and to similarly disengagethe portion 8 of member'S from between lugs 9 `9 the -lower member 3 may be movedsidewise, as indicatedin dotted lines in Fig. 5, so that the ring or eye of-the button 7 may be readily engagedwith said member or disengagedztherefrom.

The improved-button-fastener is lof'arrextremely simple and inexpensive nature and is capable of being made in avery compact form, so that" it is especially wellradapted for use upon uniform and other garmentsl iny which such devices have hitherto been commonly employedzfor detachably holding the buttons in position. v In Figs. 1 and 2 I have illustrated the attachment of the fastener and button held thereby to a fragment of such a garment, being the outer fabric of the garment and y the lining or facing designed to cover the button-fasteners'upon the Ythe invention.

inner side of the garment. The flattened 'form ofthe garment renders it ca able of itting snugly in between the two p ies a: and y,

'as shown in Fig. 2.

It will also be obvious from the above descriptionthat the im roved fastener is capable of considerable c range without material departure from the principles and spirit of For exam ale, in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 I have illustrate a construction lwherein in lieu of a single outwardly-di- .rected pin or projection 11, engaged in a slot in member 4, the upper portion 8 of member A 3 has at opposite sides spaced outwardlyidirected lugs or rojections 12 12, similar to the lugs 9 9 on tlie member 4, but reversely Vdirected and adapted to receive between them Athe upper portion of the member 4 to prevent =sidewise movement of the members when in :lockedposition` l claim, and-desire to secure by Letters Pat Aent", is-

the latter and having a short raisedextension, and.. a downwardly-turned forked extension Aprovided on the opposite bent end of said strip andadaptedto freely engage and suitably interlock with said short extension on the inturned scallopedend of said straight stri Signed'at Gincinnati, Ohio, this 10th day ofMarcli, 1905.

LEVI" P; HAZEN.

Witnesses:

JOHN ELIAS JONES,v WILLIAM ScHUoHARDT.

Having thus describedfmy invention, what A button-fastener comprising a straighty ystrip of' wire having its opposite ends bent ,laterally and then toward each other parallel- ,to said straight strip, a W-shape or scalloped' bend made in one bent endv of the strip andgarrangedcontiguous to the central'portion of 

